/**
 * Copyright (C) 2005-2009 Alfresco Software Limited.
 *
 * This file is part of the Spring Surf Extension project.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

package org.springframework.extensions.config;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * Config Deployer interface.
 * <p>
 * This interface allows the ConfigService to be (re-)initialised.
 * Config Deployer components must register with the ConfigService (preferably via init-method="register") prior to bootstrap.
 *
 */

public interface ConfigDeployer
{
    // A key used to order this ConfigDeployer among others so that initialization order is deterministic
    public String getSortKey();
    
    // callback for (re-)initialising the config caches
    public List<ConfigDeployment> initConfig();
    
    // register prior to bootstrap
    public void register();
}

